Chemvet Newsletter Volume 11

Chemvet: rock solid in a rocky environment!

The myriad of disasters recently has got everyone thinking what’s next? What’s around the corner? It’s enough to make everyone a little uneasy!

Something that you can rely on however, in these times of massive upheavals and disasters is the quality, price and service from Chemvet over our range of ‘direct to the producer’ products.

Fortunately the majority of our customers have not been too badly affected by the floods and cyclones other than in some areas quite severe disruption to grain harvests and inability to muster.

Of course many have faced those nuisance problems seen in wet summers such as flies, flies and more flies! (and of course plenty of worms!!).

Virtually to a tee, everyone is enjoying the very rare occasion that a good season and high production is coupled with ‘across the board’ high prices and there is every indication that these good market conditions will continue for some time with the demand / supply equation continuing to work in favour of the producer.

A problem looming on the horizon however, is collateral damage arising from the Supermarket war between Coles and Woolworths/Safeway as they battle it out for market share.

The potential for brand damage and margin erosion to major suppliers (which includes all milk and meat producers) of these two chains is huge. Milk at $1.00 a litre and hormone free beef are legitimate and no doubt very successful marketing strategies and are going to be very hard, by the suppliers of these goods, to deal with. However producers collectively, whether politically or through their own producer organisations or Co-ops, must come up with some answers and strategies otherwise damage to long term returns to the producer will almost certainly be the result. Some large companies are realising the potential damage to their long term returns as evidenced by them reportedly taking short term pain by making some of their major brands unavailable to the majors (even buying back their previously supplied goods) while the battle is being waged.

Over the last couple of years we have steadily added to the range of products at Chemvet so I thought in this edition of our newsletter we would showcase the products to refresh what we do have available.

A couple of things to note in this newsletter are:

Datamars NLIS and visual management tags. The response to our offering of these high quality ‘once in – stay in tags’ has already been tremendous and producers have really appreciated the no fuss ordering and rapid free delivery. Just recently a maxi sized visual management tag has been added to the range

Through economies of scale we have been able to further reduce the price on our Vetmec Pour-on range. The special price is now $728 + GST for 10 litres and we are now able to offer a free applicator with 2 x 2.5L packs at a low $300 per pack

Kind regards,

Murray Grant

Products

Vetmec Antiparisitic Cattle Injectionis a non-sting, Abamectin based antiparasitic injection effective against a broad range of internal and external parasites including gastro-intestinal roundworms, lungworms and sucking lice. It also aids in the control of cattle tick.

Independent studies have shown the Vetmec formulation to have a similar persistent activity to that of other similar types of injectable products. SPECIAL – FREE gun and needles with orders over 10 packs!

Treats and controls all in the one injection : Worms, Fluke, Lice, Mange, Ticks. Currently the most cost effective product on the Australian Market. SPECIAL – FREE gun and needles with orders over 10 packs!

Vetmec LV Plus Selenium 10L (2000 x 50kg doses per pack)

Vetmec LV plus Selenium Oral Drench for Sheep is an effective drench against a wide range of adult and immature worms.

This formulation has added Selenium for the treatment and prevention of selenium deficiencies.

Abamectin 2.0 g/L Selenium 1.0 g/L The active ingredient Abamectin is very effective and has been shown to remain effective for a time following the emergence of resistance to ivermectin in sheep. “Use in conjunction with Vetmec DUAL for a very cost effective ‘resitance braking’ 3 way drench!\”

Vetmec DUAL 10L (2000 x 50kg doses per pack)

A low volume combination of white and clear drench for sheep and lambs containing Albendazole and levamisole. For the control of Gastrointestinal round worms sensitive to Benzimadazoles and Levamisole including those resistant to either Benzimadazoles or Levamisole.

Also controls Lungworm and Tapeworm (both heads and segments) as well as reducing viable worm eggs (ovicidal). Use with VETMEC LV for ‘resistance breaking’ 3 way combination drench. “Use in conjuection with Vetmec LV for a very cost effective ‘resitance braking’ 3 way drench!\”

Vetmec Mineral Mix 440g (2000 x 50kg doses per pack)

All of these elements are essential for growth, development, health and reproduction in sheep and goats. Each of these trace elements in Vetmec Mineral Mix are in a special chelated form which are highly soluble and readily available to the

animal compared with other forms of these trace elements. “Only 2.5c per 50kg Sheep.\”

NLIS Tags The once-in stay-in NLIS Tags

With 98.7% retention rate over 3 years in extensive commercial trails, DATAMARS NILS tags are a Swiss designed and extremely high quality flexible plastic tag with the transponder encased in fibreglass which gives shock resistance and longer life. 100% retention in latest comparative trials.Being triangular, our tags allow up to 80% more aeration than round tags. Aerated application means that the tag wound heals quicker with fewer infections. DATAMARS’ surgical plastic “tri-swivel\” locking mechanism results in a cleaner wound and less snagging. Can use regular allflex applicator, or purchase one from Chemvet.

Visual Tags – Customise your tags

Option to have lines like your property name and NLIS Tag Number printed on to tags at no extra cost.

Aerated application means that the tag wound heals quicker with fewer infections. Fewer infections means less irritation, which lessens rubbing which is one of the major causes of tag loss. Available in 4 colours (White, Orange, Green & Yellow) – simply choose your colour when ordering. Alflex applicators can be used to attach tags and quality applicators can be purchased with your order if required.

Tag Applicator

All orders from Chemvet are delivered FREIGHT FREE! Simply call us on 1800 243 683 to order ANY TIME! Alternatively you can order from our website. We are always happy to discuss our products and prices at any time – and professional Veterinary advice is always available – just give us a call on our FREE number 1800 CHEMVE (1800 243 683)!